Re: Sorting Issue

That works. Why?

-----Original Message-----
From: Emi Lu [mailto:emilu@encs.concordia.ca]
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 12:38 PM
To: Ozer, Pam
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [SQL] Sorting Issue

> I have the following query
>
> Select VehicleTrimAbbreviated, VehicleTrimAbbreviatedId
>
> from VehicleTrimAbbreviated
>
> Where vehicleTrimAbbreviated like 'CX%'
>
> order by VehicleTrimAbbreviated asc
>
> Results:
>
> 532;"CX Hatchback"
>
> 536;"CXL Minivan"
>
> 3255;"CXL Premium Sedan"
>
> 537;"CXL Sedan"
>
> 538;"CXL Sport Utility"
>
> 3319;"CXL Turbo Sedan"
>
> 533;"CX Minivan"
>
> 1959;"CX Plus Minivan"
>
> 534;"CX Sedan"
>
> 535;"CX Sport Utility"
>
> 539;"CXS Sedan"
>
> Why would this not sort correctly? All the CX should be first, then
CXL,
> Then CXS

Would you mind try:

Select VehicleTrimAbbreviated, VehicleTrimAbbreviatedId
from VehicleTrimAbbreviated
Where vehicleTrimAbbreviated like 'CX%'
order by

split_part(VehicleTrimAbbreviated, ' ', 1) asc,
split_part(VehicleTrimAbbreviated, ' ', 2) asc;